Quartermaster High School Ranking Regatta

Sailors from across the district made the trek to Dockton Park, which is located on Vashon Island. This was the first time we’ve used this venue for high school sailing and it worked great! For the third regatta weekend in a row there was no rain, just a few threatening clouds that passed harmlessly by. Racing started on time at 11am on Saturday in a 5 knot SEerly breeze. The breeze built as the day went on and straightened out to a more true South direction, although there were still a lot of shifts. Some big puffs rolled in near the end of the day with gusts into the mid teens. Racers completed 6-8 races in each fleet on Saturday on W3 and W4 courses.

Competitors arrived on Sunday to glassy conditions and fear of postponement. However, a small SE zephyr trickled down the hillside and filled in across the course by 10am. Racing started on time at 10:15 with Gold B Fleet. The wind was lighter and much shiftier compared to Saturday. Winds of 3-8 knots and ranging from SE-SW kept the race committee busy moving the marks most of the day. Despite those challenging conditions, racers completed nearly a half dozen races in each fleet just before the time limit. By the end of the regatta Silver sailed 10 races in each division. Congrats to Orcas Island for their victory!

A big thank you to ALL the Narrows Race Team volunteers! Especially Mary Hoeksema and Donna Squires on food, Jessica Corddry and Terry Pentimonti on scoring/registration/housing, Eric Stordahl on boat transportation/organization, Margaret Paterson for organizing the water taxi, and PRO Casey Pruitt for running races. Big thanks also to Gig Harbor Jr. Sailing, Tacoma Yacht Club, Quartermaster Yacht Club, and The Sailing Foundation for their supporting roles. This was truly a collaborative effort on their part.

All photos by Jan Anderson with help from Skip and Mocha. There are lots of great ones at her smugmug site.

Score summary Gold

			School	Team	A		B		TOT
	1		Orcas High School	Vikings	54		50		104
	2		Olympia High School	Bears	91		29		120
	3		Friday Harbor High School	Wolverines	25		119		144
	4		Gig Harbor High School	Tides	111		37		148
	5		Charles Wright High School	Tarriers	65		97		162
	6		Sehome High School	Mariners	103		83		186
	7		Ingraham High School	Rams	72		116		188
*	8		Central Kitsap High School	Cougars	99		95		194
*	9		Capital High School	Capital Varsity	110		84		194
	10		Nathan Hale High School	Raiders	93		123		216
	11		Roosevelt High School	Rough Riders	90		128		218
	12		Oak Harbor High School	Wildcats	96		130		226
	13		North Kitsap High School	Dogfish	123		106		229
	14		Bellingham High School	Raiders	148		102		250
	15		Anacortes High School	Seahawks	127		125		252
	16		Hood River Valley High School	Eagles	147		112		259
	17		Port Townsend high School	Red Hawks	180		163		343
	18		Inglemoor High School	Vikings	161		187		348
	19		Kingston High School	Varsity	203		209		412